Torrance

The City Council voted to endorse Senate Bill 806, the Community Parkland Act of 1986, which would provide cities with $100 million for the acquisition and development of park and recreation land. . . . The council voted to support Assembly Bill 1276, which would increase penalties for violators of air pollution standards. . . . The City Council passed a resolution opposing conventional offshore oil and gas drilling in Santa Monica Bay and supporting the areas recently selected for oil and gas lease sales by the federal Department of the Interior and Congress. . . . The council renewed a $41,300 contract for publicity between the city and the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce.